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Greetings to All Y'all out there!Thank You All so very much for all your wonderful support! We get
really charged up when an e-mail, snail mail, or a package with a note
arrives! It's been a lot of work doing this, but it's all good when we
hear from our many friends 'round the world, hee hee! I know it's been
a few weeks since the last issue, but I'm sure you'll agree that this one's
a winner! What with the holidaze and it being 'the height of the social
season' the past month has been flying past in a blur!!! I've been playing
out so much at a number of different style events that my studio looks
like a tornado hit it! The next issue will be out Feb 16th.

And now, I'd like to take a moment to thank everyone and anyone who
has ever worked to help press and release a batch of vinyl for your vision
and commitment to the musical arts. At a time when so many people have
taken to self-serving manuvering, in-fighting, and back-stabbing, and a
virulent thread of elitism seem to be snaking it's way thru 'our scene',
a great deal of debt is owed to all the small independents out there with
vision and passion for keeping it real, because their creations are the
basis of our culture, and all of this would not exist without the music!

1997... LOOKING BACKSo, 1997 is over, and such a year of musical excellence it was!
Technotic music soared beyond the boundaries of genres (ie techno, house,
etc), blending and melding an analgamation of influences to deliver the
goods.

This year we really got to see a lot of the mechanations involved
in the machinery of the music industry as it continued to find a way to
market this music. There's a 'widespread disenchantment' with the larger
labels, who have been trying to find a way to market what are, for the
most part, 'one-off dance singles' What stubborn stuff this 'underground
electronic' is! Heh heh ;-> It seemed for awhile that this well-spring
of inexpensive one-hit wonder profitmakers could continue unabated. But,
with the soaring rise of re-mixers fees and the trend towards making a
remix for every situation (ie, a tribal, techno, house, etc mixes, all
of course done by respective masters of that genre, or at least, the ones
that are 'Hot' at the moment.) Take that, and then add the huge costs involved
in pressing, distribution and promotion, and then factor in the fractured
genres of the dance scene, and it's easy to see why many majors are less
willing to put out dance singles now-a-days.

AND NOW, BACK TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMOh man, I am hearing some atrociously bad remixes of alterna-hits
(like 'what's going on') with cheesy old-school rave synths and a big 4/4
beat and a touch of driving percussion.....Jeeze, what is going on!!!!????????
Is this for real? Hell, give it here, I'll remix that puppy for you dude!

The L.A. Times, on Sunday December 21, 1997 had this to say:"The fact that techno didn't explode commercially means that only
artists with a genuine love of the music will likely gravitate toward it.
There will be collections of it that will occasionally connect with mainstream
audiences the same way some of the Clash's albums did during the first
era of punk. But the primary audience is likely to remain a subculture."

Hm, that's an interesting observation. There is always an 'underground'
element to almost all facets of modern cultura...be it the media, politics,
fashion, music and so on ad infinitem....There will always be those who
either delight in and/or feel it's their sworn duty to 'upset the norm'........we
like to call it 'exploring the technotic edge!' So it is fairly safe to
assume that there will always be an underground music culture...and well,
going back to the roots of it all (electronic music) & dance music,
there have always been those who have rejected the consumer friendly, mass-appeal
product that is easy to digest and leaves no unpleasant aftertaste...and
which, heaven forbid, doesn't make you have to think too much. Well, some
of the best Techno/Electronic Music is nothing like that.....it can be
harsh, unpleasant and disturbing, something you'll definately remember
the next day, and it may even foment an inspired thought or two!

TECHNO VIBRATIONSWhether you "grew up" with the Techno sound, so that it came almost
naturally for you to enjoy or if it happened suddenly 1 day (or night ;-)
that you realized how much you like the music, it evokes a response in
you....but then again, this particular music, when made very, very loud
with lots and lots of booming bass that gets that sub-sonic massage action
goin, and then there's all these people all around you and they're smiling
and dancing and you smile back and dance and trance as the beats keep moving
you along and as you flow into it you feel so natural and free and maybe
you're afraid a little bit cause you feel this thing rising in your chest,
the tightness starts to feel like the body wants to eject this tightness
so you do, you close your eyes and let go and now you're dancing and in
some other wonderful place glowing and smiling and then, you take a huge
cleansing breath as you slow down, dazed for a short time, almost shaken
up but really enjoying the feeling, god, do I dare say the "O" word? ;->

Whew! Hmmm...anybody got a light ? _,

That primal urge to dance, the need to let loose, the natural urge
and human desire to find rythym and recurring patterns in our daily life
is something that can't be denied...and remember, it's all about stimulating
your sacculus!

A FEW WORDS ABOUT WORDS...One thing that's been sneaking up on me is the number of tracks
that have some excellent vocals....vocals that don't overpower the music,
but compliment it as a subtle blend of voice and machine. For a while,
many peeps in the electronic scene were not into any lyrics at all, save
just a repetative phrase, or well placed sample.

And yo, that reminds me... lemme take a moment to remind y'all about
'the seven words you can't say on the radio', well, as far as the FCC is
concerned.......now, if you really don't give a squat about ever having
your track played utilizing that standard, I guess that's cool, I mean,
sometimes it sounds real good, and those tracks I'll use out live occasionally.
I gotta tell ya, it is so much easier for me and other state-side Djs when
y'all put a little sticker or somethin' letting us know when one's gonna
fly by ;->

People are callin for the funk, they want the bass, the booty shaker,
the grooove...Electro has been popular lately, but, Yo! Check out Mad Mike
on UR with 'The Turning Point' Now there's funk for ya!

PARIS IS BURNING!Sure 'nuf! The French are coming on strong in all fronts of electronic
dance and lounge gear... Laurent Garnier used to be the only dj/producer
most peeps knew, until Dimitri from Paris and that Yellow label knocked
us out....Cosmopolitan France has warmly welcomed it's international influences
and then seen fit to Francophile it - adding that attitude, romance, and
je ne sais qua.... giving it an unmistakable stamp. For awhile there's
been some lovely stuff on F Communications, as well as some small press
excellent dark, hard, not too fast progressive hardcore, and now they have
nearly a monopoly of the Lounge/Trip-Hop thing with Kid Loco, Air, Dj Cam...
And we all know what Daft Punk hatth wrought.....these 2 guyz have a whole
sub-genre of tunes that owe thanks as it's parents! David Caretta is one
of the new techno guyz, and the releases are flowing freely along this
genre now... I'll get back to you on some of this tres chic stuff! In the
meantime, check this webpage for an in-depth analysis! www.nyw.com/groove/s97_layellow_intro.html

HADDA BE STARTIN' SOMTHIN'Hmmn, we are seeing more and more music being described as 'technotic'
or as 'technotica'....case in point, page 85 of the Jan'98 issue of Muzik!

So, like, what does this really mean, AND, how does it apply to you?!
OK, I'll tell ya......music made using technology that has an affect on
the listener that makes an impression......yes, all music, even Classical
is made utilizing technolgy, the technology of the time, and the technology
of the modern age when it is recorded and distributed via vinyl and CD's
and the airwaves. And, yes, doesn't all music have a effect? Yeah, listening
to Mike Bolten makes me cringe, that's an effect! The music of 'These Technotic
Times' is truly a rich blend of the technotic, past, present and glimpses
into the future. But why am I nitpicking? Oh, for the fun of it I guess!
:)

You wanna nit-pick? Well, continuing in our series of decipering
the genres, let's explore Trance, deal out some Breakbeat, have a gander
at Hardcore, and learn more about Bhangra.

BREAKIN' (AND BUYIN') IT UPYep....those Big Crazy Breakbreats are doing a smashing business!
Sony Music has acquired substantial shares in sister labels Skint and Loaded.
This increases Sony's British dance music presence. Skint/Loaded acts include
Lo-Fidelity Allstars and Fatboy Slim. They also aquired Yo Mama, from Germany,
who have hip-hop and electronic dance acts. This usually means Sony takes
over distribution rights for the independents outside their home territories,
while the indies retain creative control and domestic distribution.

A beat-heavy collection of electronica and hip-hop will mark Gee
Street's first foray into film music. The soundtrack to "Senseless," to
street Jan. 13 on the label, features new songs by Moby ("Graciosa"), Fatboy
Slim ("Song For Lindy"), and Crystal Method ("Busy Child"). "Senseless,"
a comedy starring Marlon Wayans, will open Jan. 9 across the U.S.

Check out this cool website for all yer Breaks needs!!!!! http://www.breaks.com/

HAWD-COAH, YOU KNOW THE SCORE!!!!!!!Oh man, this just keeps growing....Now I have heard everything,
Dan, DJ Doormouse is doing a hard hardcore mix cd (Noisecore), and Moonshine
is giviing Hardcore of the Happy and Gabber varities more importance in
its roster of rekkids!!!!!!!!!! Holy Hardbeats! Well, there are a lot more
hardcore parties, lots of little weekly and smaller one-offs with a dedicated
crowd of energetic dancers (who also are are tad older and consume beer,
so it's been easier to book smaller bars for these things, and everybody's
happy! I also spun a bunch of hard techno at a cool party recently (Damnation,
Brooklyn, NYC, 1/18) and slipped a bunch of raw complex techno (mostly
from Belgium, and in particular, 1 from Future Frontier made them Nuts
& inspired a bit of serious trainspotting.) amongst the Mokum, Fax,
Fischopf & Rotterdam ('Loving You' is always a crowd pleaser, it was
soooo funny watching these big bad Brooklyn Boy-yz making fun at being
cute and sweet during the lovely song part and then go into this thing
where they play at fighting each other, like playing at feigning moves
as in Judo, or Kung Fu during the hard, wild parts!??! Well, I see a lot
of this thing now, more (and better, cause it's a lot more fun & funnier
than a mosh pit!) this past weekend...We also experienced a Delta 9 DJ
set, and well, Thanks Dave!!! But as an aside to this, to all you who are
involved in this scene, it's important to keep it about the music, and
not let politics in the scene interefere with your right to party, don't
let some silly 'crew rivelry' keep you from properly enjoying yourself
and having the most fun you can have without worrying about who's dissin
who. Get it? Peace to all y'all then!

It seems like the people involved in this particular scene know what
they like, and know they love it...but it's pretty clear that it isn't
for everyone! The super high energy and strong vibes are a real attraction.
There's another scene that's small and vibey, I've been talking about it
growing the past few issues, and it continues to grow stronger. The Psychedelic
Trance scene has made a strong impression on the East Coast with several
large events that have gone off well, and several weeklies scattered from
Boston to Baltimore. The people in this scene are not as vocal and 'in
yer face' as the Hardcore, but they are non-the-less devoted to their music
and its culture.

TRANCE. SO, LIKE, WHAT WAS THAT?Most people are pretty confused when it comes to this...many times
I classify a rekkid as trance because it has a trancing effect or quality,
such as psychedelic trippy sounds and efx, and/or repeating elements that
when dancing to encourages repetitious movement and thus may induce a trance-like
state. When you ask around, many will say they don't like trance, but I
think they're not really sure what it is, perhaps thinking it's like 'Dream
House' (eg. R. Miles 'Children' or GiGi Agnostino's epics) or melodic trance
or Goa......but most of it is actually akin to progressive house. So, aside
from knowing what labels are likely to publish a certain flavor, how do
you tell? Only by listening and asking, so when you hear something you
like you'll be able to get more of it, and knowing what it is certainly
helps.

Goa has a heavy flat, popping bassline with psychedelic synths that
create a continually building and swirling tapestry of engulfment, it's
usually high energy and may be flavored with exotic sounds and feelings.
Look to Europe for examples of acid trance. Germany does a particularly
fine job with this stuff . This has patterns of buildups and breaks, usually
with one major super big breakdown/buildup with lots of wonderful elements
in the background, including all kinds of samples, like from movies. There's
also techno trance, and that's easy to spot with the classic techno elements
it contains. With the gaining popularity of world music, in particular,
African rythyms, a more global trance-house sound is emerging.

The best bet here is, if you like the sound of it, and it moves you,
and it is something to really get a groove going on to, then does it really
matter about the classification so much? Fer instance, I bought and played
many a hard acid trance rekkid with some slight exotic elements to it,
and then, the term for this stuff became 'Goa' and then it took off to
even more exotic heights, now, much of that music is more in the hard trance
vein, with various psychedelic elements, and has been re-named 'psychedelic
trance'.

One thing is clear about Trance, it does fit the growing trend toward
'Good Times' music. Big Beat, speed garage, even Puffy, Missy and the newest
wave of Ska. The darker edge that was creeping up and over is seeming to
dissapate as the millenium approaches, and we all get a bit slap-happy
(see, I told ya!) There'a a general sense of gleefulness that pervades
as people rediscover their strengths and a sense of hope for the future
grows. We're all tired of dressing in grey and beige. (well, I prefer black
with flashes of red, purple and occasionally, yellow, but that's just me!)
We're tired of crap and gloom, and the warm feeling a good party with good
music and good friends seems like a great boost to help get us through
the night.

BHANGRA AND BEYONDAlong those lines is Bhangra. You know you've been hearing about
it forever now, like perhaps Baeleric, or Goa. It really isn't techno,
nor trance...it feels more chill D&B with an exotic flavoring', hmmm,
just like Goa is labeled as another form of trance, but with an exotic
psychdelic flavoring? :) Talvin Singh is getting tons of attentions and
write ups all over the place in regards to the CD 'ANOKHA, Soundz of the
Asian Underground'. I listened to it, and while pleasant enough, it doesn't
really do much for me...a lot of it was interesting tho and I'll be sure
to check out more of this stuff when it comes along :)

Here, FYI, I have quoted from some press materials regarding this
- "Does anyone still believe that Bhangra, the pop Indian sound from the
Punjab, is the wave of the future? Talvin Singh is the young Indo-Brit
mixologist who's been causing a sensation with Anokha, his popular London
club night (and compilation CD), could set them straight. Singh was adding
Indian flavors to the Jazz of Courtney Pine and Sun Ra before he decided
to electrify his tabla drums and key them to the dance floor. Singh is
part of a generation of British South Asians who have kicked the UK's music
scene to a new level, infusing drum 'n bass, jungle, hip-hop and dub with
the sounds of Hindi film soundtracks, tablas and sitars, and folk and classical
music from all over South Asia."

PERFORMANCE NOTESNEIL LANDSTRUMM. This Guy!!! Oh, yeah, and he's ours now, well for
awhile he's here (NYC), and I'm hearing him perform most every chance I
get. If yer around town when he's doing a live performance, I highly recommend
that you go and experience this!

Satamile via NYC continues to build a solid reputation for understated,
elegant wall of sound textures of beats and rythyms, whether it's a Dj
set or a live performance.

INDUSTRY/MEDIA HAPPENINGSMajor labels may be taking a cue from smaller, independant labels
that often take a hands on, 'family style' approach in the production as
well as the promotion. There's an industry insider tip sheet called 'Hits,'
and it has a promotions arm that the majors hire to get airplay on TV and
radio. But now, some labels are pulling away from this and either doing
it themselves or hiring a separate company to do it directly.

There's nothing better than a nice fresh slice of shiney wax! The
people that publish M8 magazine know thast also, and that's why they've
purchased Wax! Wax magazine has an excellent reputation among independant/underground
music people. The combination of the 2 should make for some great all-in-one
something-for-everyone journalism, and if they do a good job with keepin
it real, well, we may be seeing M8 explode big time! The return will be
in Febuary, so check it out!

AwArDz TiMeAre we actually seeing people being nominated that actually deserve
it and have real talent?!?! Wow, is this a great time to be alive or what?
Well, seems a backlash of some type may be startin up...I've overheard
and observed that lot'sa peeps are a tad dissapointed by Puffy's new output,
basically it boild down to being tired of the recycling! Dot Music News
had this to reprort in regards to 'The Brits' (the British Music awards),
"Absent from both the best international male solo artist and best international
newcomer categories, Puff Daddy seems to have fallen victim to changes
in the voting academy which have given the awards a more musically 'credible'
and less commercial edge." A spokesman from Puffy's label Arista says,
"Obviously we're disappointed but these awards aren't based on sales."
Hey, that's interesting, and check this out, Dance music and R&B got
a lot of attention - nominees The Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, Roni Size
& Reprazent, Daft Punk, Erykah Badu and DJ Shadow "have all benefited
from the awards' more cutting-edge sensibility". Good news, eh? At the
least it means that the music as an art form has some respect. Why is that
important? Well, with respect comes money to go further out there and explore
new realms. Ya know, it's good that you can make money, keep your respect
and stay true to your visions.

OH, GRAMMY, I GOT THAT FEELIN....All GRAMMY winners will be revealed during "The 40th Annual GRAMMY
Awards Show" at Radio City Music Hall in New York on Wednesday, February
25th, to be telecast live over the CBS network from 8:00 to 11:00 pm ET
and to an international viewing audience of over 1.5 billion in over 190
countries.

TECHNOTIC TID-BITSThere's a total Solar Eclipse near Aruba. February 23-27. It's the
last total solar eclipse of the millenium in the Americas, the next is
in 2017. On February 26th, witness over three minutes of totality of the
solar eclipse.

Cosmically Technotic! Shockwave'd ArtA series of Schocked arty tidbits to explore, some are a bit more
fun than others, but I guess it should be taken as a whole, so do it when
you got about a hour to play and are in the right frame of mind.www.walkerart.org/gallery9/artists/dingansich/index.html

"We are still within the narrow circle of knowledge covered by our
sense-experience.Space and time do not widen that circle; neither
do the categories. The knowledge, therefore, which we acquire by the understanding
is confined to the appearancesof things, and does not extend to
the noumenal reality, the Ding an sich."

"SyncSite (www.syncsite.com) is a new Web page that features song
publishing and royalty information. At SyncSite you can look up songs by
different categorizations including genre, subject matter and author. You
can also listen to RealAudio samples and even request quotes for a synchronization
license." <Pollstar>

HAPPENINGS OF NOTEBOYZ II MEN, The TEMPTATIONS, The TOPS, and Smokey Robinson will
all perform at this year's SUPER BOWL, as part of a salute to MOTOWN's
40th Anniversary.

One of the world's top talent showcases and seminar venues. Early
bird registration deadline is usually in September. Showcase applications
are generally accepted from September 1st through mid-October and should
be made to the Creative director. Late applications accepted through mid-November.

MR. MYSTERIO'S PREDICTIONS FOR THE MUSIC BIZ, 1998:Deeper, harder dance sounds, especially in (US) Clubs, but three
neighborhoods away from hard techno music. Still, the trend for techno
events to be held in clubs (in the US, again) should accelerate.

No industry concensus on the 'next big sure thing.' (i.e. last year's
damaging hype about 'electronica.') But probably a new novelty category
(i.e. last year's Ska revival) for the industry to buzz about as a surprising,
out-of-left-field 'big new thing'

Once again, Industrial music will fail to reach its former (can you
say NIN) height of popularity.

More female-singer oriented music coming out, but a sense of been
there-done that starting to emerge.

Some kind of frenetic, young rock band will blow up big (think of
the Chili Peppers crossed with KISS and Pete Townsend-esqe guitar blasts)

Millenium mania will begin to warp the music scene, just like it's
going to warp everything else. This will, however cause a general sense
of optomism to emerge, with the exception of those who are convinced that
Armageddon is coming with the millenium. Don't look for a break until the
year 2002 (if we make to then ;-)

As far as this Summer, it may be too early to tell, but there seems
to be a lack of leadership and vision as far as reviving the Summer music
tour scene. Sorry, but my crystal ball's still cloudy on this one.

A big nostalgia wave for something that hasn't yet gotten the treatment,
and for who a few performers are still alive (big hair heavy metal perhaps?)

Technotic music will be more grungy-electro-underground focused at
the beginning of the year, but a ray of happy rave music (evoking the sounds
of circa 92-93) may emerge in the Fall. (Think Utah Saints meet Daft Punk).

Ambient/Experimental will still be looking for the right venues at
the dawn of 1999 (1999!!! Man, that's gonna be a partyin' year for sure!!!!)

In fact, I almost can't wait for my 1999 predictions. In comparison,
this year's gonna be pretty quiet!!!

6/ PUNISHER - BALANCE OF POWER EP - MATRIX...It's all good here,
even the experimental track 'Assault Reactor' with deep beaty beats and
gurbly dark monsters slurping with a sinister susseration. The other B
side track is 'Assassin' with swishy shooting, 4x4 beats, sticks tappin
and deep percolating with hypnotic driving patterns and bam bam bam bam
blasting! A side's 2 cuts are the stars here, 'Systematic' is very deep,
with primal beats, bongos and percussion knocking & building up, taking
you within complicated drumming and winding, buzzing acid in & out
and all around. 'Revolver' a trippy 4x4 strong beating hypnotizer with
staggered horns and bell-like tones.

5/ ARGONIC - VOGEL EP - FUTURE FRONTIER...Lucky number 13 here, and
it's been a Trainspotters delight I tell ya!!!!! Peeps just runnin over
to the booth to check this one out :) 'Klont' is the gem, slap-galloping
like an insane train! The other 3 cuts are no slouches either, 'Sweka'
and 'Off' are wild bangers, while 'Freak' goes a bit into some deeper trackier
territory.

5/ DIMBIMAN - GOOD MORNING EYEBALL - PERLON...Ha Ha! I played this
early AM New Years Day just as the peanut gallery was coming to ;-> It's
got a stompy deep beat and trippy efx with this odd vocal repeating, "Good
Morning Eyeball, it is time to catch the light...you will love what you
will see." Another funny one is 'Do the Dimbi' with odd 'pig snorts' along
a steppity poppin beat and reppin vox samples. The flip's 2 cuts are pretty
good, one with weird beats that pop 'n stop, voices in & out "freaky
freaky" gets scrapey & jazzy 'Minsp', and 'Aloha' , a deep beaty 'n
scrapey flipper with tribal tonalities.

4/ DARK AGES - MASTERPLAN - DEFINATIVE...A popular record with UG
jocks. 'Chemical Imbalance' may help to explain why ;) The beats gallop,
dark voices intrude, sounds of thunder and gated fast mettalics squidge
and shoot intensely as the camera cooly clicks and records your involuntary
imbalance. 'Take Over' nearly does, as a bangin beat steps 'n slides while
a gurbly acid line movers under and over intricate percussion that intensely
grows and flitters. The flip's 2 cuts both rock, with dancin beats, diggin
deep to open the groove up.

4/ CEASEFIRE - MOKUM...YOWZA! 4 slammin hardcore tunes to knock out
out! 'Who's Afraid of Noise' is really good, fast, deep and a bit dark
with some 'Faithless' synths, 'Only if I Had One' goes off like a freight
train with a good male rap of the title and a vox sample "Do women beat
their drums". "Outer Space' has got a bangin vibrating HC rhythm with fast
percussive breakbeats on top while a dark vox repeats "Outer Space", wrap
it all up with 'Unconscious World,' featuring some great screams and acid.

4/ SOMATIC RESPONSES - SOURCE OF DISTRURBANCE...Another fave act
of mine...consistant hard, menacing techno. there's 1 track of scarey sounds
to play with (Horrorflick), a noisey grinder with a steady HC beat and
a scratchy vox (Dark Voice), a wild sonic ride along HC beats bouncing
on top of each other (Acid Racket), and the best cut is the title track,
a crazed banger with some sqeekin squidges that'll eat you alive!

4/ FARMMAN - EP i EP a - MINIMALISTIX...Yeow! Sounds and beats to
trip you up and freak you out! Complicated rhythm, beat and percussion
patterns overlay, bang and propel these tracks into another dimension.
'Drunk Chicken' stands out with steam valves, farty horns, minimal marching
and general cranking around, and 'f.i.Genio' does the shakey butt dance!

4/ MONOBOX - DOWNTOWN - M-PLANT...Very nice rekkid here, delivering
deeply banging, minimal growing urgency with odd flutes and a silly slide
whistle, filters along with dubliminal speech as sonic blips shoot by......the
flip grows minimally and urgently along the same lines, but with a chiller
feel that's involving, entrancing and mezmerizing. These tracks are very
deep and complicated and will reveal new elements every time you listen
or mix them...a slow building groover of the highest order.

4/ GILLANDRAX - SIEZE UP - INIQUITY...I've really liked Gillandrax
in the past, and here we go again, only this time it's caffienated! 'Seize
Up' (Espresso Mix) is a mezmerizing booty shakin percolater, and 'King
Cappuccino' is a hypnotic deep whirlpool of voices, percussion and primal
beatings.

4/ CLAUDE YOUNG - SCARRED EP / TWINE - SURFACE...Hectic goings on
here! Zippy quick confusion to get lost in. But don't fret, cause some
clear, stomping steady beats are here, along with a scrapey bass that burrows
beaneath the 'surface' of your skin and some poppity bongo's to keep yer
feet happy. On the flip (b, there's no track names) there's a good dose
of the mettallic twirly stuff with big steady beats, hi hats and scrapings
weaving in and out of all the elements. Last up, there's some spooky, beatless
ambience, a fine Dj tool! Not surprising, for Claude Young is also an excellent
Dj that makes records a dj loves to play!

4/ MARK VERBOS - COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY EP - SUBSOUNDS...Well programmed
beat monsters to help you along the road to rock 'n roll destruction!!!
Check out 'Confusion', it reminded me of that 'They're coming to take me
away' song, speeded out and with an increasing intensity!

4/ ARGONIC - ANOTHER DAY IN GLASS EP - FOCUS...Cool, chillin techno
that's deeply moving...all 4 cuts are kinda like variations on a theme,
and really do make you feel like yer gliding on glass :) 'Klok' is my fave,
with huge zippin bangin beats, shooting signals and lovely synths. Then
I go for 'Broken', a cool chiller with a melody fragment from a long ago
forgotten dream that's sweetly flutey among huge echoey beats and sound
ladders. 'Siel' is bright and uplifting with hard beats and flubby acid.

4/ REJUVINATION - PHAZE 2 - MUSIC MAN...'Estrada' comes bleeping
in with space signals and big dancy beats as a trancing wash pulses in..it
all gets real harsh and squeeks along...Oh My, what is happening to me?
What did you say?!?! 'Vertigo' starts whippin 'n whooshing with bangin
beats, weird chomp 'n zips and twinkley bells with a flying, twirling organ
that flanges without mercy.

4/ CHOSEN FEW - MOKUM...Number 79 on this label that still delivers
the hardcore goods! I've been a big fan of Chosen Few for quite a while,
and 2 cuts on here remind me why...'Zlam' has great squidging 'n scratchin
with a vox shout of the title and air raid sirens for an awesome sound.
'I Show Trickz' is crazed!!!!!!!! Woo!

3/ THE PRIEST - ICEOLATION (TOO COLD TO HOLD)- PLASTIC SURGERY...Kinda
interesting release here that's a bit commercial, cause of recognizable
influences ranging from Chems, to Jungle to electro and all out funk yo
ass! Woo Woo train blasts on 'So Cold' come along for the ride with big
beats and breaks, lots of cool efx. The flip '' goes more in the 1234 big
steady beats and synth direction, picking up steam as it goes along into
male spoken vox, and Bam, dances off into a 'Faithless' inspired break
with synths.

3/ SPACE DJZ - RAMP LOGIC - NOVAMUTE...Jamie Bissmire and Ben Long
have produced a lot of great music, but, I dunno, there's so much of this
trancey bangin twirly stuff around, and while this latest 12" offers 3
main cuts and 3 tools (loops), I basically found 'Ramp Logic' alone to
have some original flavors and good sounds, being an intensly good groover,
gettin all hypnotic and percussive on ya.

3/ PASSENGER - BLACKSPIN - MOMENTUM...Well, it really isn't 'techno'
techno, not tech-house, more like euro dream trance stuff...Big tune that's
really well programmed, with a big sawing beat and energy. The breakdown's
a bit cheezy for me, but this would probably go over real well in a club
environment. It sounds Italian made, but it's from Rotterdam!

2/ STEVE POINDEXTER & MR BARTH - ONE SIDE EACH EP - TRAINSPOTTERS
NIGHTMARE...I used to like this label...I'm really not thrilled with most
of this issue tho. The first track by Steve is good, it's got a steppin
beat, shakey percussion and ducky whippin amongst space waves, the other
is Ok with cute synthing pulses. Now come Mr. Barth's turn, um, it sez,
"If you don't like this sh*t, then turn it off." Ok, I will.

HEAVENLY HEADY STUFF6/ KHAN & WALKER - RADIOWAVES 2 - HARVEST...These 'Shorwaves
I-V' just may short out yer brain ;-0 Travel sound-studded hallways lined
with poppity tribal primal leaning beats and experience pitched pulsings,
cacaphonies of drums with rock and psychedelic influences. Feel yourself
floating somewhere where time stands still as your travels ring the strings
in yer head, recalling the march of the ancient tribal leaders, then we
drink the potion that recalls that memory about the jazz cafe on top of
the nightclub melding the funk with the acid as you made a wish on a falling
star.

6/ DARKHORSE - DARKHORSE EP - THREE SIXTY RECORDS...More Weird stuff
from this interesting label out of San Francisco. Moody manipulations of
downbeats and sonic spaces to take you places inside and outside yer head.
It's all sooo far-out man!!! Mellow pianos, odd horns, drummy trip-hop
and jazzy influences predominate on the A side (Check 'Jupiter'!). The
flip's 3 are bassier with 'Savage Bass' being a bit more experimental echoing
sweet sad strings thru deep space. My fave cut is 'Savage Kick Remix' with
a very deep atmosphere that's thick with fear as dark whips snap in echoey
hallways of bass in space that shudders with efx and most excellent percussion
poppin 'n drippin.

5/ MEYER - STYLE - GROOVE ATTACK...Whether 'Playing Out' or 'Staying
In' you experience some spacious atmosherics, evil subterranian feelings
on the chiller D&B tip...'Playing Out' isn't As evil, and gets some
cool fun going with cute yelps. It's rather abstract, and you can dance
to it in a fashion, but if your dogs are barking, it's the perfect track
to lounge to!

5/ BULLITNUTS - SAVOIR FARE/HEAVY AIR - PORK...Very cool chillin
here in the 'Heavy Air'! A funky and relaxing tune with a slight breakbeat,
a spanish guitar, and a familiar melody that feels real nice, layin' within
layers and layers of feelings that are complimented by some keen deep acid
and spacey sounds. 'Savoir Fare' goes deeper, with spacious synths, deep
bass and beaty beats, while a chill organ intones with rhythms of cowbells
and poppity percussiveness.

5/ DARLESIA - MY DREAM/CAUGHT WITHIN - SKYLAB...'My Dream' is a lovely
female song set to a soft rockish downbeat jazzy groove. 'Caught Within'
in the Skylab Remix tunes in past some voices to a gentle female song with
soft brushy rock backing, then just as gently, tunes out...The Skylab Instumental
is the bomb, it tunes in past the voices, goes into some trip-hop and gets
really tripped-out and spacey with long violins, horns, and psychedelic
effects to some slow rock, then there's some opera going on, and the TV
in the other room is a bit loud dear, and Whew!

FABULOUS FUNK6/ ZIMT - U.O.A.A. - LADOMAT..."Baby shake it" Oh! I Really like
this :) It hit my 'big tune potential alert' with it's pop underpinnings,
trippy musical waverings and simple, danceable rhythms accented with interesting
percussions, clicky-switch sounds, cool bass, deep phat acid...and topped
off with a great male downbeat vocal! Chill and funky with a refrain that'll
sneak into your subconscious, then, a few hours or days later, you'll hear
it in your head and wonder what it was from, and go crazy trying to figure
where you heard this..."I hopin' I'm high."

6/ NICK HOLDER - EXPERIMENT 43 - DNH RECORDS...Very Cool!!! 'I Got
You Wondering' has a great male vox singing so nice! it's deep 'n funk
jazz hip swinging good time house with some great 1234 beats, squidgy acid,
hi hats and filtering chords and disco leanings, could just well inspire
some "Kissin, Lovin"! 'Singing the Blues' has mellow beats groovin along
with muted claps, fuzzy keys 'n horns with a kinda melancholy Diana Ross
type vox singin "Lady sings the blues, she's feelin sad..." This may send
chills down yer spine ;> Then 'What I Feel' has a guy talking about music,
a big piano and sticks run under, then big 1234 struttin beats and far
away soulful horns rule this house deeply.

5/ TOXIC 220 - SUBLIMINAL SEWAGE - SUGAR SPLIFF...Techno influenced
drum & bass? I dunno that, but I do know that B side is Damn Good!
Fast D&B that does lots of cool things with the sound and is dark dancin
Fun, whooshing 'n rollin with an echoey vox ? "wally sed" and vocal stutters.
The other cut has sharp hits 'n deep farty bass D&B stylee in long
eerie darkness "you can't meddle with the forces you cannot begin to understand."

5/ THE PERSUADER - STOCKHOLM BY NIGHT - SVEK...Ahhh, I'm going crazy
trying to figure out where some of the melody used in 'Stureplan' is from...but
my suspicions are that The Persuader has captured a feeling, an amalgamation
of inflections and influences expressed by a steppin mellow groove, and
a sweet flutey whistlin melody line that's lot's of fun! It sounds great
on a big system and has a touch of the Latin feel...people like this! The
flip is more on the deep sweet melodic house tip with really good beats,
an organ, bright synth sweeps and gentle knocking.

5/ BATTLE SYSTEMS - HARDWARE EP - BATTLE TRAX...Does Electro belong
under techno or here? Well, it's technotic for sure with an industrial
edge, and funky as all get-out, so I'll put this one here, I guess and
add to the maddness! It's all harsh hard electro with lots of popping and
shooting, sound ladders, some old schoolisms....... 'Hunter Killers' is
really good with alarming & acidic beating, breaky electro, banging,
hitting, brushing percussion, and lots of kids scarey wildness, Woo!

5/ TWO RIGHT WRONGANS - THE NOT QUITE RIGHT EP - WRONG...Anything
but wrong, this baby is right, alll-right! My fave cut here is 'they'll
never get it right, them two' with weird tribal chanting, twirly high sounds
and flippy gated synths, utilizing sparse elctronics building beats into
a sweet stepper. Then comes 'straight ahead, then take the next wrong'
a tech houser with a deep funky bass that's deeply relaxing to the brain
, re-energizing it via smooth stompy beats and shooting things. Lastly,
an excellent mellow funky pumper with squinchy acid pleadings and bubbly
poppins grooves on in 'system error'

5/ AFRICAN NIGHTFLIGHT - 4REST EP - U-TRAX...What a strange and interesting
bird this is! The 'Dotted Version' of the title draws you in with the wind
rustling, you hear drums in the distance, then, the calling lure of the
flute and other exotic instruments come into play with a slight Plastic
Dreams feel, as the beats become ruffer, clickin 'n snappin and off dancin
then gradually goes deep into the subconscious. The 'Triplet Version' of
it twists a melody from a childs wind-up toy into a wild psychedelic ride
with a Spiral Tribe beat 'n twirl, tribal sticks beating, and eerie "Weeeee-ahh
wee wee weet" voices. 2 other A cuts attributed to Brubaker have some dubbed-out,
manipulated to the wazoo raeggae all thru along winding, flowing backround
efx and sharp acid stabs and it's all rather amusing, yet kind of frightening.
The last cut, Make up Your Mind (Thirst) just may hurt you! A wild sharp
falling screech builds up wildly in patterns of clickity clackity click
as the echoes hit up and down and all around with barbed acid weaving and
space sounds soothing...mental.

5/ ROZZO - INTO YOUR HEART(TERRY LEE BROWN REMIXES) - PLASTIC CITY
USA...I think y'all are gonna really like this one! The original is a steppin
'n horney bleeper with percussive elements that speeds up in funny ways
with a cute flutey slide whistle thing and fem vocals. The 3 remixes do
it justice, 'Guess Whose Club Remix' is almost speed-garage like, but better!
Deeply steppin and percussive with space signals, timestretched vox and
flubbin pads that pull you thru. 'Terry's Hearty Remix' is deeply comfortable
house with snappy beats and jazzed with guitar like pluckings and long
strings along with that fem vox :) 'Terry's Heartbeat remix' combines beaty
heartbeats with percussive backing, bongoes, and a lovely fem vox to evoke
deep primal feelings.

5/ UTSUMI - FINDING A NEW WORLD - DISORIENT...A fun rekkid! 'Finding
a New World' is some shakity trip-hop with a cool piano that puts you in
the thick of a party chillin out and havin' some laughs with yer buds.
it gets a faster D&B funky feeling going with shooting space signals,
and cools out again, very neat! The Mr. Scruff remix adds some breathlessness,
to the funk with steppity poppin beats in a spacey setting with chill piano,
a flute melody a tamborine, and "do-do"s, kinda feelin like a Daft Punk
& Hall & Oates offspring.

5/ SEVEN DUB - ROCK IT TONIGHT - PROZACK TRAX...'Boolez' takes you
in deep 'n quick, getting you down and ready...the beats pulse as the house
organ spreads its welcoming warmth...you become enveloped in a cloud of
sweet spaceyness, a refrain echoes as beats pump and percussion ticks and
the groove kicks. 'Rock it Tonight' has a lovely female vocal woven within
a deeply steppin house vibe. This has been getting some talk going!

5/ D'HEADBANGER - ELECTRIC MIND/ SHOUT TO THE GROTTO - DON Q...Yes,
it truly is a 'Shout of the Grotto Beast'.. Spacey, atmospheric D&B,
prying open some nasties, doing a bit ole' roto rooter, ya know ole chap?!
heh heh. A baby cries, the acid distorts 'n sproings, and you listen, dumbstruck
as the Big Ass Bass drops All The Way Down....OOOhhhh =;-O In 'Electric
Mind,' you're taken down to the sewers to experience secret games and other
machines complimented by sharp D&B filtering with percussion, rollin
with phat acid lines and lots of wikkid change-ups!

5/ BUSCEMI - DOLORES DEL SORTE - DOWNSALL...Funky stuff that's good
for the lounge also, especially 'Soap Girl Nina,' some deep fun with percussion,
bongos, a waggly gee-tar, lovely fem vox reps and "zubba zubbas," and some
disco flava thrown in de mix gettin echoey and slap clappy! The title track
is similar, with added breakbeats and an 'Apache' like feeling to the bongos.
'Seven Days in Spain' has got the breakbeats and the beating of a heart
that smooth 'n ringin some chill tones with timestretched vocals. The last
2 are on the D&B tip going deep...In 'Gloomy Business' she reminds
us she's "in gloom", and in 'It Might as Well be Quiet' the beats are muffled
and far away with lovely sounds weaving in & out amongst acid pulses
and beats gettin echoey, with a fem vox rep.

4/ THE KRAFT - FEEL GOOD - CHARGE...Dark D&B stepper that's deep
and loud with vocal hits and tons of atmosphere on 'Just Roll (V.I.P.)'.
'Feel Good' about the fact that this is only a rekkid, with it's horror
film-music synths and hard steppin Jungly darkness.

4/ SPACETIME CONTINUUM - REALTIME EP - ASTRALWERKS...Someone familiar
with this guy was surprised, hearing this, she said, "this is Spacetime
Continuum?" A funkier Jonah Sharp emerges here with 'Neoteric', a sharply
plucked groover of funky space music that's kinda weird and sweet with
an odd foriegn male rap and slight breakbeats, the 'Strange Attractor'
mix of this takes it to the floor with a bangin 4x4 beat, scrapeily turning
with the beats flopping over and chomping some excellent bass and a neat
organ. The flip's a bit more heady, with the trippy 'Microjam', a blend
of bass pulses, submarine blips, housey tones, beaty beats and sweet blips.
'Pressure' (live) feels good with D&B and exotic touches, with neat
echoing hits and flutes.

4/ DAKAR & GRINSER - THERE AIN'T NO TURNING BACK - DISKO B...Wow,
cool...This is the first time I've placed a DiskoB rekkid in the funky/house
bin! This is quite funky indeed too, with tracks to prove it. 'Rush' has
a strong electro flavor that beats 'n claps with a hi note all thru, 'Lazy
River' is kinda sweet, mellow deep electro funk flavored with cymbals and
a jungly horn 'n bass and squeekin turnin. 'Let it go' has got a rockin
breakbeat, some zippy fuzz and a cool Rhodes organ.

4/ GROOVE ORCHARD - V/A - DIY DISKS...Head on over to the Rainbow
Garden for 'Scrumpin', a groovy funk fest with some singin, fast bongoes,
an organ and that crazy guitar pluckin. Thursday Lads take 2 turns here,
'Sharksoup' is deep, lovely groovin house with jazzy horns and a chill
piano line, while the other, self titled cut is smooth 'n trippy with deep
beaty beats, long strings and funky sounds on the chill tip.

4/ DJ SHADOW - HIGH NOON - MO WAX ...WoW! This Rocks seriously! I
really can't explain it...a funny intro, then you rock out, then ever so
smoothly it's chill and deep and funky and then yer rockin out again...wow!
Hah ha! 'The Devil's advocate (Heaven v Hell) has excellent found vocal
snatches regarding Rock & Roll, along with an evil sexuality to the
beat...Woo! Lastly, in 'Organ Donor' keyboards are featured doin' some
fancy organ-grinding, giving "the sound so much body", backed with a groovy
downtempo beats and scratchin.

4/ ANTHONY - SEX WITH MACHINES/THE MAN - KANZLERAMT...This label
issues some Very interesting records...the tunes often seem almost otherwordly,
and always add great touches of interest to any set. Here's some Kraftwerk
inspired 'tronics on the deep, dark electro tip.

4/ TOXIK TWINS - MIND FUNK - AUREUS...Rockin acid breaks that meld
early 90's rave sounds with Chem influences...the 4 mixes also explore
some funkier acid territory... check out 'J.V.s Toxik Parlor City Remix'
for a builder, like a train coming in, with tribally beats, pumpin acid
and a 'witchdokta' like horn! This is the cut to throw down in the club,
friend!

3/ MEDCOM PRESENTS - V/A FREE YOUR SOUL - ROADRUNNER...Kingsize takes
the cake with 'Acid or XTC (Breaks for ya Face Mix)' a deeply winding combo
of acid and bass that'll take you down and turn you out with the funkly
breaks. Daylight Society turns in 2 acid funk peices that are kinda groovey
with electro-ish acid funk.

3/ DRUM FACTORY - IN THE MIDDLE - OVER X POSURE..."Evidently" some
deep, spacey, atmospheric electro on 'And the Beat Goes' darkly nodding
good stuff. 'Beatdisaster' injects the concept with fun - a weirdly flutey
sound and some D&B flava, then 'Overdrive' gets choppy and out there,
bleepy with vox shouts and cool scratchin.

Full Length LPs and CDs

FURRY LO91C - 2X12 V/A ...What a chill-out gem! 12 tickets to ride the groove train :) Excellent
collection of artists such as Fila Brazillia with the jazzy 'Obrigado',
Larry Heard does a supa-sweet 'n beaty space chiller on 'Microgravity',
Dub Alchemist expresses some sexy sounds via D&B patterns in 'Wild
Straberry', and Jose Padilla's 'One Day in Paradise' washes waves of water
and sound chillin along feminine voices........all this and more!

PHOENECIA - RANDA ROOMET *2X12* - WARP...Billed as being techno breakbeat electro. Quirky weird 'n cool poppity
electronics and choppin staccatto pulses ringing deeply cool. That's the
A side (there are track names, but whoever designed the typeface for the
info made it too hard for me to read). B side is a minimal, deep, trancey
journey with funkola farting, woodwind tones and brushy stimulations. C
goes for the poppity funk with far-out old school sounds and electro feelings.
D has a harsh staccto 'n scrapey ruff pulse, quirky rythyms and mellow
synthing, choppy 'n poppy beats layered with bell tones...makes you feel
odd... but a good odd ;>.

Oh yeah, btw, this stuff is beautiful for remixing! All you artsy
tinged creative Dj types (like me ;) will have oodles of fun with this
stuff.

SYNEWAVE SAMPLER - V/A 2X12...Minimal techno. Syenewave signals some spacey and surreal sounds
sweeping sensory stimuli... and it may just reprogram some of yer neural
pathways in its wake! Damon Wild, Function, Norman, CDC crew & Chris
Sattinger team up to deliver the message of minimalism. Most effective
are trax 'Flightdance' and 'Decoder Ring', with 'CNTRL' and 'Skyline' coming
in close.

KID LOCO - A GRAND LOVE STORY - YELLOW PRODUCTIONS...What a lovely thing this is! In the first cut 'A Grand Love Theme'
a guy sez, "It's not about getting drunk, it's about being in a room with
a sense of how very very short life is." Well, there ya go. There's a bounty
of lucious, chilled, sexy selections that range from chill, downbeat and
atmosheric to trippy waverings with interesting vocals, to some rockin
groovers and exotic flavored jazzers. I want to say so much more about
this peice of music art, but like all art, to be fully appreciated, it
must be experienced by oneself. Experience this.

HOLY GHOST - THE ART LUKEM SUITE - TRESSOR...Inteesting concept about some spy-guy who's hiding or something
and here he relates some of his adventures and voices his paranoia.....and
then there's the tunes, proper bangin techno, that's what the Holy Ghost
have always been about, and bringin it to you with a humorous aside and
sly wink. 10 tracks that flow as a whole or as a special seasoning to add
to your mix!

STROBE PRESENTS - CRACKKHEAD, THE TERMINATOR 2XCD - ROADRUNNER...The first disc's got 17 pounders that do the job the hardcore/gabber
way, lots of big faves by respected artists/producers...Disc 2 is a gem
of a live mix by DJ Chosen Few that rocks...now there's a way to start
up yer day!!!!

LUKE SLATER - FREEK FUNK - NOVA MUTE...I reviewed the main cut a little while ago, and I liked it okay
and it continues to grow on me...and there are a few other cuts on here
that I consider outstanding...Check out 'Filter 2' a driver that bangs
alongst an acid whip 'n flip that ruffly speaks something only you can
interpret. Get feelin all F'd up with 'Engine One' a darkish repetitive
poppity zippy mover 'n shaker. "Origin' twinkles in space with beats of
a moderate pace, 'Love' has got a deep pulsing groove and sexy male voices,
and 'Walking the Line' is chill and downbeat, kinda strange with mechanical
sounds and voices.

ABE DUQUE - PLEASURE YOURSELF - DISKO B...The adventures of Kirlian continue, as Mr. Duque continues to share
with us his unique Hollis-ized and worldly view and interpretation of all
that is, was, and will be....well, in the world of electronic music and
general sillyness. The title track is a deep sexy bassy groover with whipers
of the title, and other suggestive suggestions, it's both hypnotic and
funny! Every track here is sooo good, and I recommend listening to it as
a whole, and it's especially great for dinner music (well, at my holiday
dinner parties, listeners really liked it!). There's a wealth of influences,
from some experimental discordance (To See Her), to deeply bangin and hypnotic
twirlers (Porzellangasse), to deep, downbeat groovers (Mission), electro
funked up rubber bassed chimin (Follow) to extreme silliness (the last
2,Yo! Check your friends out, um, expressing themselves!).

TERRY LEE BROWN, JR - CHOCOLATE CHORDS - PLASTIC CITY...I'd rather give this CD an overall rating....why not of the individual
songs? Well, whenever I listen to this, I (and whomever I'm with) get caught
up in the general very pleasent feeling of the ride! 'Mr. Brown' brings
his pedigee into line here and shatters your pre-conceived notions of the
roots of soul. Very nice, really good as backround party music during that
after dinner sittin' home with red wine type of thing or gettin yerself
ready to head on out! There are tracks to move you (Magic Prison, Back
to Reception), soothe you (Looking Beyond, Straylight), and groove you
(Chord Progression, Nightshift) here.

JUNKIE XL - SATURDAY TEENAGE KICK - ROADRUNNER...Another player on the big beat/chem tip. Most of it's pretty rockin
stuff! Check the indy/goth/rock/chem/techno of 'Billy Club' where "Life
is pain, Life is Joy", the jungly ragga and crazy acid rockin beats on
'No Remorse', the wild breakbeats and sweeping fat acid with acid house
touches on 'War', the steppin sharp beats and acid gurbles galloping wildly
in 'Fight', and the rock fest on 'Def Beat'. Lots of manic energy here,
I don't particulary care for some of the 'Beastie stylee' raps, but that's
me. Be sure and let the CD player run past 12 for the Ultra funk that rocks
out and ends up with these sick horns!

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